Module:Citation/BCB

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Citation/BCB/doc

local p = {}
local mw = require('mw')

-- Utility function to convert a value to a string safely
local function safeToString(value)
    if type(value) == 'table' then
        return 'table: ' .. mw.dumpObject(value) -- Dump the table content for inspection
    end
    return tostring(value)
end

-- Function to format the BCB reference
function p.formatBCBReference(input)
    local url = input

    -- Handle if input is a table (e.g., a frame object)
    if type(input) == 'table' then
        mw.log('Input is a table, dumping contents: ' .. mw.dumpObject(input))
        -- Attempt to extract the `url` if it's provided as a positional argument
        url = input.args and input.args[1] or nil
    end

    -- Safely log the `url` value
    mw.log('Received URL: ' .. safeToString(url))

    if not url or type(url) ~= 'string' then
        mw.log('Invalid URL provided or URL is not a string')
        return nil -- Return nil if `url` is not valid
    end

    -- Check if the URL matches the expected pattern
    local chapter, page = url:match("^https://www%.bittersweetcandybowl%.com/c(%d+)/p(%d+)")
    if not chapter then
        chapter, page = url:match("^https://bcb%.cat/c(%d+)/p(%d+)")
    end
    if not chapter or not page then
        mw.log('URL did not match expected pattern')
        return nil -- Return nil if the URL does not match
    end

    mw.log('Matched Chapter: ' .. chapter .. ', Page: ' .. page)

    -- Retrieve the chapter data
    local chapters = p.getChaptersList()
    local chapter_title = chapters[chapter]

    if chapter_title then
        local result = string.format("Chapter %s: %s, page %s", chapter, chapter_title, page)
        mw.log('Generated Result: ' .. result)
        return result
    end

    mw.log('No matching chapter found for Chapter: ' .. chapter)
    return nil -- Return nil if no matching chapter is found
end

return p